Beijing Union University, established upon the approval of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China in 1985, is a comprehensive municipal university of Beijing. One of the largest universities in the capital of China, BUU originated from over 30 branch campuses attached to such universities as Peking University and Tsinghua University. The past 30-odd years has witnessed its strikingly increased comprehensive strength as it grows and burgeons. Numerous disciplines including economics, law, pedagogy, arts, history, science, engineering, medicine, management and arts prop up one another. The complete talent-cultivating system focuses on undergraduate education while promoting the coordinated development in graduate education, higher vocational education, continuing education as well as international education.
BUU’s colleges are scattered on 13 campuses in six urban districts in Beijing. On the main campus of Xiaoying is College of International Education, which is situated to the east of National Olympic Sports Center and enjoys easy access to transportation.
With a gross floor area of around 600,000 square meters and a collection of more than 2.4 million volumes in the library, BUU boasts nearly 1,800 full-time teachers, and around 30,000 registered
students including over 1,000 international students, and a certain number of postgraduate students.
Currently, BUU delivers 61 specialties for undergraduates involving 10 disciplines in economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, arts and medicine.
Internationalization is one of major strategies that BUU is endeavoring to map out in its development. With a view of cultivating students with international awareness and outlook, cross-cultural mutual understanding and communicative skills so as to be competitive in building Beijing into a world city in the future, BUU offers a variety of study-abroad and cross-border programs, creating a multicultural and diversity atmosphere on its campuses.
The university provides various educational opportunities through international cooperative projects with 121 institutions of higher learning in more than 30 countries and regions. BUU actively introduces the advanced educational resources and advanced international teaching practice, thus effectively mingling international and domestic educational resources. It also exposes its students to advanced international education through inviting overseas scholars and conducting bilingual teaching or English teaching by domestic bilingual teachers. Currently 1,500 international students from more than 50 countries are studying at BUU.
